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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Bengali Films and Present Box Office Report Of The Industry

Bengali
film industry is passing through a very critical phase. The present situation
of the industry and it’s box office collection report just two years ago is
totally different. At that time Bengali film industry was passing through a
golden phase, one after another box office hits ultimately raised the number of
releases per month. In last two years, only two Bengali films have – Mishar
Rahasya and Chander Pahar managed to cover the cost of the film. Remake of
south films also failed to impress the box office. Koel Mallick starrer
Arundhuti is a box office flop of recent times.

One of
the reasons of present poor condition of Bengali films is due to the crash in
Satellite Market which used to supply oxygen to Bengali films. Since last two
months, Satellite Marketing is a total failure. Superstar of Bengali films
Prosenjit Chatterjee feels that Tollywood film industry was too much dependant
on Satellite rights and never bothered about box office collection of films.
Satellite rights allows TV channels to broadcast films in their channels and
producers get money for that.

Many
Bengali film famous personalities feel that the present situation of Bengali
films will ultimately help the industry. Filmmakers were simply ignoring the
actual audiences of Bengali films who come to cinema halls to view films. Box
office collection was not a matter of concern to many filmmakers and they were
concentrating more on collections from other sources. The bubble of Bengal Film
Industry has busted. Prasenjit and many
filmmakers of Bengali films feel that it is high time to look after box office
collection of films. Good story, powerful acting and good direction is the need
of the hour for Bengali films. Prosenjit, Dev, Raima Sen, Rituparna have to
take special role for the survival of the industry. Srijit Mukherjee feels that
it is a temporary phase and the industry will come out of it.